Columbia Missourian: Latest Photohttp://columbiamissourian.com/multimedia/Photo/2015-03-03T06:00:00ZOstrander laughs with teammates2015-03-03T06:00:00ZTim Taihttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62249/ostrander-laughs-with-teammates/
Battle High School guard Daviante Ostrander laughs with teammates during practice at Muriel Williams Battle High School on Feb. 25. Ostrander has had several seizures since last summer but is determined to keep playing despite the uncertainty of his condition.​
Ostrander watches film2015-03-03T06:00:00ZTim Taihttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62250/ostrander-watches-film/
Battle Spartans guard Daviante Ostrander, second from right, watches video of the previous night's game against Rock Bridge at Muriel Williams Battle High School on Feb. 25. The Spartans lost 60-77.
Ostrander stands in huddle2015-03-03T06:00:00ZTim Taihttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62252/ostrander-stands-in-huddle/
Battle Spartans guard Daviante Ostrander, standing center left, and teammates huddle around Coach John Burns, center, during a game against the Rock Bridge Bruins at Muriel Williams Battle High School on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. The Spartans lost 60-77. Ostrander has had several seizures since last summer but is determined to keep playing despite the uncertainty of his condition.
Ostrander takes pills2015-03-03T06:00:00ZTim Taihttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62253/ostrander-takes-pills/
Battle High School sophomore Daviante Ostrander ​prepares to take medication to help prevent seizures at his home in northeast Columbia on Feb. 26. Ostrander, a guard on the Battle Spartans basketball team, has had several seizures since last summer but is determined to keep playing despite the uncertainty of his condition.
Sloane Scott listens attentively2015-03-03T06:00:00ZShelby Baselerhttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62256/sloane-scott-listens-attentively/
Sloane Scott, 16, a Battle High School junior, listens attentively to the Young Artist Philharmonic conductor, Maestro Kirk Trevor in orchestra rehearsal on Monday. Scott helped found the Youth Advisory Council, which will voice student concerns to the City Council. The Youth Advisory Council was formed last month with the help of Scott's gifted program teacher.
Maestro Kirk Trevor directs2015-03-03T06:00:00ZShelby Baselerhttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62257/maestro-kirk-trevor-directs/
Maestro Kirk Trevor, the Young Artist Philharmonic conductor, directs the orchestra through "Jubilee" at a rehearsal on Monday evening. Cellist Sloane Scott is part of the new Youth Advisory Council, which will voice student concerns to the City Council.
Sloane Scott plays a new piece2015-03-03T06:00:00ZShelby Baselerhttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62258/sloane-scott-plays-a-new-piece/
Sloane Scott, 16, a junior at Battle High School, plays a new piece in orchestra rehearsal on Monday evening. In her application to the Youth Advisory Council, Scott said she thinks the disconnect between youth and adults would detrimentally delay city progress.
Sloane Scott's cello2015-03-03T06:00:00ZShelby Baselerhttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62263/sloane-scotts-cello/
Cellist Sloane Scott worked with teacher Matt Leuchtmann to design and pitch the Youth Advisory Council to the city. Leuchtmann and Ron Rowe, a strategic coordinator for the Youth Community Coalition, will serve on the board as non-voting members.
J'Den Cox waits for referee2015-03-02T23:32:14ZJenny Justushttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62255/jden-cox-waits-for-referee/
Missouri sophomore J'den Cox and American University sophomore Brett Dempsey wait for the go-ahead from referees after a foul during their match on Feb. 15 at Hearnes Center. The Tigers defeated American University 34-3.
Jimmy Whitt attempts jump shot2015-03-02T23:21:22ZMIKE KREBShttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62262/jimmy-whitt-attempts-jump-shot/
Hickman senior guard Jimmy Whitt attempts a field goal Monday at Blue Springs South High School in Blue Springs, Missouri.
Hickman players laugh on the bench2015-03-02T23:19:23ZMIKE KREBShttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62261/hickman-players-laugh-on-the-bench/
Hickman junior guard Shaheem Hicks, right, laughs with teammates junior forward Calvin Hubbard, center, and junior guard Grant Beasley on the bench Monday at Blue Springs South High School in Blue Springs, Missouri.
Aaron Canty battles for loose ball2015-03-02T23:18:03ZMIKE KREBShttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62260/aaron-canty-battles-for-loose-ball/
Hickman senior guard Aaron Canty fights Smith-Cotton High School sophomore guard Keoni Hale for possession of the ball Monday at Blue Springs South High School in Blue Springs, Missouri. Hickman beat South-Cotton 51-42.
Thomas Dutton attempts lay up2015-03-02T23:15:37ZMIKE KREBShttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62259/thomas-dutton-attempts-lay-up/
Hickman junior center Thomas Dutton attempts a layup Monday at Blue Springs South High School, in Blue Springs, Missouri. Hickman beat Smith-Cotton High School 51-42. Hickman will play at Blue Springs South High School on Tuesday.
Car remains buried under snow on residential street in Boston2015-03-02T21:09:25ZELISE AMENDOLA/The Associated Presshttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62246/car-remains-buried-under-snow-on-residential-street-in-boston/
A car remains buried in snow along a residential street on Feb. 23 in South Boston. Officials typically turn a blind eye to the lawn chairs, orange cones and assorted bric-a-brac Bostonians use to reserve a parking space after clearing it of snow. That ended Monday with an order from City Hall to remove space savers, reigniting the ugly parking wars that have pitted neighbor against neighbor.
Cones save parking spaces on residential street in Boston2015-03-02T21:08:42ZELISE AMENDOLA/The Associated Presshttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62245/cones-save-parking-spaces-on-residential-street-in-boston/
Cones save parking spaces on a neighborhood street on Feb. 23 in South Boston. The city is just a few inches away from its snowiest winter in history.
Lawn chair with threatening note saves parking space on Boston street2015-03-02T21:08:06ZELISE AMENDOLA/The Associated Presshttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62244/lawn-chair-with-threatening-note-saves-parking-space-on-boston-street/
A lawn chair with a threatening note saves a parking space on a residential street on Feb. 23 in South Boston. Garbage haulers began collecting the "space savers" Monday after Mayor Marty Walsh declared an end to the longstanding practice — at least until the next major storm.
A Boston worker's truck is parked on a snow-covered residential street2015-03-02T21:07:02ZELISE AMENDOLA/The Associated Presshttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62243/a-boston-workers-truck-is-parked-on-a-snow-covered-residential-street/
A worker's truck with a note in the windshield is parked along a residential street on Feb. 23 in South Boston. Officials typically turn a blind eye to the lawn chairs, orange cones and assorted bric-a-brac Bostonians use to reserve a parking space after clearing it of snow. That ended Monday with an order from City Hall to remove space savers, reigniting the ugly parking wars that have pitted neighbor against neighbor.
Wainwright throws2015-03-02T19:33:16ZJeff Roberson/The Associated Presshttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62241/wainwright-throws/
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright throws a bullpen session as pitching coach Derek Lilliquist watches during spring training baseball practice Monday in Jupiter, Florida. Wainwright is throwing off the mound again after missing a few days due to an abdominal strain.
Tourists have their photo taken in front of the Petronas Towers in Malaysia2015-03-02T19:12:25ZJoshua Paul/The Associated Presshttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62240/tourists-have-their-photo-taken-in-front-of-the-petronas-towers-in-malaysia/
Tourists have their photograph taken against the Petronas Towers on Feb. 27, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Two airplane catastrophes put Malaysia on the map in a bad way in 2014. But it didn’t hurt the country’s tourism, and the higher visibility may even have helped: Visitor numbers had their strongest growth in years.
Robert Mase and Carol Raymond speak at a news conference in Jet Propulsion Labratory2015-03-02T18:39:40ZNick Ut/The Associated Presshttp://columbiamissourian.com/m/62239/robert-mase-and-carol-raymond-speak-at-a-news-conference-in-jet-propulsion-labratory/
Robert Mase, right, project manager for the Dawn mission at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, speaks on Monday at a news conference with Carol Raymond, deputy project scientist at JPL, left, at JPL in Pasadena, California. NASA's Dawn spacecraft is scheduled to slip into orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres on Friday, the last stop in a nearly eight-year journey.